Tentative Toad

                                      American Toad

Diana

of

http://welcometodianasworld.blogspot.com/

has adopted a toad and this is for her.

TENTATIVE TOAD!

Diana has built a house for me

And I am truly flattered.

For I never realised that toads

Were a species that really mattered!

She even stands and talks to me

As I go hopping around,

Past the little seedlings

And the pebbles on the ground.

She wants me to go inside the house....

I know, for she tells me so,

But I am rather a wary toad

And that she doesn't know.

She watches as I hop across

To where the house is standing,

But then I hop away again!

It's beyond her understanding!

I think Diana and I are friends;

She's always smiling at me!

I even think she may bend down

And, one day, try to pat me!

And I feel warmly towards her

(Although my blood is cold)

And although I wouldn't be too pleased

If she picked me up to hold.

But what she doesn't realise,

And what I'm about to state,

Is that I'm a sort of expert

In matters of Real Estate!

Somewhere in the next-door garden

I've a growing family.

I'd like to move to Diana's place

But there's only room for me!

Remember 'Wind in the Willows'?

Remember 'Toad of Toad Hall'?

That toad had a dwelling

That was carpeted wall to wall!

I'm looking for a mansion,

And that is why I came!

I appreciate all your efforts

But you'll have to lift your game!

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